Resolving a Misunderstanding Universe Stories

Resolving a Misunderstanding Universe Stories

Here are the various Resolving a Misunderstanding / Death’s Dominion Universe stories, organized by set and in suggested reading order. Obviously, you may read them in any order you prefer! Each set can also stand alone.

The first group of fics is the sort of “foundational” set. They’re primarily ADMM with a heavy focus on Minerva, and all are set prior to Harry Potter’s years at Hogwarts.

The stories in the second set are mostly short, side stories, set before and during the canon years, featuring a wide variety of characters, everyone from Filius Flitwick and Pomona Sprout to Poppy Pomfrey to Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

The third set consists primarily of Snape-centric fics written around the story Death’s Dominion. There’s a lot of Minerva in them, too, and a fair amount of Albus. None are DH-compliant.

~Set One~

1. Resolving a Misunderstanding: very long, chaptered novel in 19 parts; drama, humor, suspense, romance; MMAD friendship-to-romance, with a lot of plot along the way; Minerva-centric, primarily from Minerva’s P.O.V. Resolving a MisunderstandingTable of Contents — some spoilers. (T/M, with mostly T-rated content, some MA content in later chapters; available in a T-rated version on fanfiction.net)Resolving a Misunderstanding on An Archive of Our Own (AO3).Resolving a Misunderstanding on the Petulant Poetess.

3. “A Spree with Albus”: short story, one-shot; drama, humor, AU; an out-take from Chapter CXXXV: A Spree in Resolving a Misunderstanding, not a new, separate story if you’ve already read RaM; Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Malcolm McGonagall, others. (T)“A Spree with Albus” on AO3.“A Spree with Albus” on mmadfan.com.

4. “An Unexpected Shower”: short story, one-shot; romance, erotica, AU; a “missing scene” set after the chapter “CXXXV: A Spree” in Resolving a Misunderstanding; a Gertrude Gamp/Malcolm McGonagall fic; lemony fluff; one-shot. (MA; available in an M-rated version on fanfiction.net)“An Unexpected Shower” on AO3.“An Unexpected Shower” on TPP.

5. A Holiday with the Headmaster: novella; romance, drama, erotica, AU; can stand alone, but set between chapters “CXXXVII: The Silent Knight’s Tale” and “CXXXVIII: Back to Hogwarts” in Resolving a Misunderstanding. (MA; chapters combined into five parts in the abridged, T-rated fanfiction.net version, A Little Holiday)A Holiday with the Headmaster on AO3.A Holiday with the Headmaster on TPP.

~Set Three~

1. An Act of Love: novel; psychological drama, AU; chronologically first of Set Three, taking place in September HP Yr 6; Snape-centric; ADMM, quasi-SSMM; can be very easily skipped and then either read last or after Death’s Dominion, like a prequel. (MA)

5. “The Sorting of Suzie Sefton”: short story; drama, humor, gen, AU; can stand alone, though there are spoilers for Death’s Dominion and Part One of A Long Vernal Season; Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Poppy Pomfrey, Draco Malfoy, and others. (T; also here on MMADfan)

7. Draco’s Heart: short novel; chaptered fic with short chapters; romance, drama, humor, AU; can stand alone, but overlaps with A Long Vernal Season, set in spring 1999; features Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and others. DHGW. (T)

My personal favorites among the RaMverse fics are Resolving a Misunderstanding, Death’s Dominion, A Long Vernal Season, Charming the Scottish Garden, and “The Sorting of Suzie Sefton,” and I think that Death’s Dominion is probably the best of my chaptered fics, though it’s darker, and a denser read, than most of them.

~*~ Reviews are very welcome! ~*~

Please Note: Any fics with MA-rated content are archived primarily at sites requiring log-in and membership, such as the Petulant Poetess archive and the Our Mirror of Erised Yahoo! Group, which has fanfic available for download in the “Files” area.

The Petulant Poetess site allows anyone, members and nonmembers, to read and review stories rated K, K+, and T. Stories rated M or MA require membership and log in to read.

An Archive of Our Own does not restrict fics based on membership; authors determine whether guests are able to read their fics or not, and whether they may comment. At this writing, guests may read any of the stories I have posted to An Archive of Our Own. For the complete list of fics that I have posted to AO3, see the list there.